"it would be his last film as Bond, leaving Broccoli to tell Alan Whicker, ""it won't be the last Bond under any circumstances—with all due respect to Sean, who I think has been certainly the best man to play this part. We will, in our own way, try to continue the Bond series for the audience because it's too important"". George Lazenby was signed on to play Bond for OHMSS. Between Sean Connery giving his notice at the beginning of filming ""You Only Live Twice"" and its release, Saltzman had planned to adapt ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" in"
"who is planning to hold the world ransom by the threat of sterilising the world's food supply through a group of brainwashed ""angels of death"". Along the way Bond meets, falls in love with, and eventually marries Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg). It is the only ""Bond"" film to have been directed by Peter R. Hunt, who had served as a film editor and second unit director on previous films in the series. Hunt, along with producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, decided to produce a more realistic film that would follow the novel closely. It was shot"
"James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), in which Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story's end. The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in ""Casino Royale"" (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing"
"years of Emma Peel, the BFI (British Film Institute) screened an episode of ""The Avengers"" followed by an onstage interview with Rigg about her time in the television series. Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series ""The Avengers"" (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in ""Game of Thrones"" (2013–17). She has also had an extensive career in theatre, including playing the title role in ""Medea"", both"
"guitarist Joe Walsh. !colspan=""3"" style=""background:#C1D8FF;""| James Bond Barbara Bach Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey, formerly Countess Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna, (born Barbara Goldbach; August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model who played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) as well as the spy Maritza Petrović in ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978). She has been married to Ringo Starr since April 1981. Bach was born in Rosedale, Queens, and grew up in Jackson Heights, the daughter of Marjorie (1921–1997) and Howard I. Goldbach (1922–2001), a policeman. Her mother was"
"Vance in 1953, a marriage which featured as part of the television show ""Bride and Groom"". They divorced in 1959, and in 1968 she married the film and stage actor Brian Jackson. She and Jackson had a daughter before getting a divorce after a decade of marriage. Their daughter Kate would later appear in the casino scene in the 1995 Bond film ""GoldenEye"". Gayson died on 8 June 2018, aged 90. Eunice Gayson Eunice Gayson (born Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison; 17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018) was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest"
"and branded it a welcome addition to the series, while others complained of the repetitively monotonous aquatic action and prolonged length. In 1983, Warner Bros. released a second film adaptation of the novel under the title ""Never Say Never Again"", with McClory as executive producer. James Bond attends the funeral of Colonel Jacques Bouvar, a SPECTRE operative connected with the previous murders of two MI6 agents. Bouvar is alive and disguised as his own widow, but Bond identifies him. Pursuing Bouvar to his château, Bond fights and kills him, escaping with use of a jetpack and his Aston Martin DB5,"
"Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series ""The Avengers"" (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in ""Game of Thrones"" (2013–17). She has also had an extensive career in theatre, including playing the title role in ""Medea"", both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame"
"Twice"". The story centres on Bond's ongoing search to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld after the Thunderball incident; through contact with the College of Arms in London Bond finds Blofeld based in Switzerland. After meeting him and discovering his latest plans, Bond attacks the centre where he is based, although Blofeld escapes in the confusion. Bond meets and falls in love with Contessa Teresa ""Tracy"" di Vicenzo during the story. The pair marry at the end of the story but Blofeld kills Bond's wife, hours after the ceremony. Fleming made a number of revelations about Bond's character within the book, including"
"interest in producing a James Bond film based upon Ian Fleming's novel ""Live and Let Die"", but no agreement was ever reached. Korda was married three times, first to the Hungarian actress María Corda in 1919. They had one son, Peter Vincent Korda, and divorced in 1930. In 1939, he married the film star Merle Oberon. They divorced six years later. He married, lastly, on 8 June 1953, Alexandra Boycun (1928–1966), who survived him. Korda died at the age of 62 in London in 1956 of a heart attack and was cremated. His ashes are at Golders Green Crematorium in"
"and Vivien Leigh. Her exotic looks resulted in her being cast in ""ethnic"" roles, such as Asian women, including her role as the Chinese character Miss Taro, in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962). She also appeared in ""Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"" (1965) as the Countess Ponticelli, and made numerous television appearances. Her last film performance was in ""The Terrornauts"" in 1967. Marshall married bandleader Paul Adam in 1947 and later wed Alexander Ward, before her final marriage, to film producer Ivan Foxwell (died 2002); they had no children. She died after a short illness"
"Bond and his lover Contessa Teresa ""Tracy"" di Vicenzo, daughter of Italian Unione Corse boss Marc-Ange Draco, escape via skis after an attack by soldiers of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a terrorist mastermind residing in his mountaintop lair, Piz Gloria. Bond is injured by helicopter gunship during the gunfire, and Tracy is in turn captured by Blofeld's men. Some time later, Bond and Draco lead an aerial attack on Piz Gloria in order to rescue Tracy. They succeed. However, on their honeymoon, Bond and Tracy are attacked by Blofield and the latter is killed. Bond finds his CIA agent friend Felix"
"(but not always) the case in the films. Most of the novels focus on one particular romance, as some of them do not begin until well into the novel (""Casino Royale"" is a good example). However, several exceptions have been made: In ""Goldfinger"", the Masterton sisters are considered Bond girls (although Tilly is supposedly a lesbian), and after their deaths, Pussy Galore (also supposedly a lesbian) becomes the primary Bond girl. In ""Thunderball"", Bond romances first Patricia Fearing, then later Domino Vitali. In ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", Bond enters into a relationship and an eventual marriage with Teresa 'Tracy'"
"Picture, which may be more than any other actor: ""Arrowsmith"" (1931/32), ""Lady for a Day"" (1933), ""It Happened One Night"" (1934) Dead End (1937), ""You Can't Take It with You"" (1938), ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), ""The Grapes of Wrath"" (1940), ""The Long Voyage Home"" (1940), ""The Maltese Falcon"" (1941), ""Sergeant York"" (1941), ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946), ""The Quiet Man"" (1952), and ""Mister Roberts"" (1955). Bond made these 23 films with John Wayne: Bond wed Doris Sellers Childs in 1936, and they divorced in 1944. He married Mary Louise Meyers in 1954, and she survived him. Bond died on"
"Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) in the film ""Ti ho sposato per allegria"". She was featured on the cover of ""Playboy"" magazine in July 1977. She virtually retired from film in 1979 although she made two small appearances in the late 1980s and a final appearance in the 2000 TV series ""Hotel Otello"". Maria Grazia Buccella Maria Grazia Buccella, (born 15 August 1940) is a former Italian glamour model, Miss Italy contestant (1959) and film actress. Buccella screen tested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film ""Thunderball"". The role eventually went to French actress,"
"episode of ""Driving Me Crazy"" which saw her investigating whether the authorities are giving motorists excessive penalties through speeding fines and parking tickets. She has featured as the celebrity 'hider' in a 2008 episode of the CBBC show ""Hider in the House"". In the show, she managed to complete all her challenges without being 'discovered'. She (also in 2008), hosted a show called ""Lost Royals"". Bond took part in ITV's entertainment show ""Born To Shine"" in aid of Save the Children. In September 2012, Bond appeared alongside Susie Dent on the Channel 4 programme ""Countdown"". In 1982, Bond married James"
"Barbara Bach Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey, formerly Countess Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna, (born Barbara Goldbach; August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model who played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) as well as the spy Maritza Petrović in ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978). She has been married to Ringo Starr since April 1981. Bach was born in Rosedale, Queens, and grew up in Jackson Heights, the daughter of Marjorie (1921–1997) and Howard I. Goldbach (1922–2001), a policeman. Her mother was Irish Catholic, while her father was Jewish"
"I see it reflected, from time to time, in my children."" Harris had always wanted Brosnan to play the role of James Bond, and in 1995, four years after her death, Brosnan was given the role in ""GoldenEye"". In 1994, Brosnan met American journalist Keely Shaye Smith in Mexico. They were married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in County Mayo, Ireland. They have two sons together, Dylan and Paris. In July 2003, Queen Elizabeth II made Brosnan an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his ""outstanding contribution to the British film industry"". As an Irish citizen,"
"deals at all."" The gunmen gave up on 12 December, their surrender sparking fears of reprisals, after what Bond called a ""rather humiliating episode,"" Bond ""masterminded"" the operation to regain the hostages. He retired the following year, in 1976, and received the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's honours list. Upon his retirement in February 1976, he had served in the police for 30 years, full of ""exemplary conduct."" In his time, Bond received 12 Commissioner's Commendations and 7 for ""courage, diligence and determination in the course of investigations."" Bond married the 23-year-old Mabel Phoebe Isabell née"
"filming this movie, her third husband, Pierce Brosnan, met producer Albert R. Broccoli, which eventually led to his casting as James Bond in four films. She guest starred in several episodes of the television series ""Remington Steele"" with her husband Brosnan; they married on 27 December 1980. She had three children: Charlotte Harris (1971–2013) and Christopher (born 1972) by Dermot Harris, brother of actor Richard Harris, and son Sean Brosnan (b. 1983), by Brosnan, who adopted Charlotte and Christopher after their father died in 1986. In 1987 Cassandra Harris was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the same disease that had claimed"
"he married Susan Rose (""Suki"") Phipps (born 1941), who had previously been married to Richard de la Mare and Derek Marlowe. She was the daughter of Alan Phipps, who died in the Battle of Leros, by his wife Hon. Veronica Nell Fraser, daughter of Lord Lovat. Suki was brought up by Fitzroy Maclean, one of the inspirations for James Bond. Nicholas and Suki had no children. In 1941 Liza Maugham bore her second child, Camilla Paravicini, who in 1963 became the third wife of Manuel Basil Mavroleon, alias Bluey Mavroleon. They had two daughters: The Mavroleons divorced and Camilla married"
"He married Mary Rose Clifford in 1955, whom he met in South Africa. The couple returned to the UK in 1961. His daughters, Nancy Nova and Ros, were singers and members of the band Toto Coelo. In 1955, he received his first job as a radio presenter and, a year later, became the second actor to portray James Bond (after Barry Nelson in the 1954 TV special Casino Royale) in a radio production of ""Moonraker"" for the SABC's Springbok Radio. Holness joined the BBC as a presenter on ""Late Night Extra"", initially on the BBC Light Programme and later on"
"leaving her; he subsequently died while driving a Maserati in the company of one of his mistresses. During this marriage, Tracy had a child, who later died of spinal meningitis. Desperate with grief for her child, Tracy attempted suicide by walking into the sea in Portugal, only to be saved by James Bond. When her father meets Bond, he pleads with Bond to continue to see her, claiming that their relationship had changed her for the better. Bond initially refuses, but he changes his mind when Marc-Ange offers his resources for anything Bond desires. Since the events of ""Thunderball"" and"
"released in October 2015. This made him the first filmmaker since John Glen to direct two Bond films in a row. Mendes and the actress Kate Winslet met in 2001, when Mendes approached her about appearing in a play at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, where he was then artistic director. They married in May 2003, on what they characterised as a whim, while on holiday in Anguilla. Their son Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes was born on 22 December 2003 in New York City. Mendes also had a stepdaughter, Mia, from Winslet's first marriage to filmmaker Jim Threapleton. Mendes and Winslet's"
"and Zena Marshall as Miss Taro in the same film. ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the third, established the Bond girl as regularly appearing in Bond films. There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova (from ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", portrayed by Barbara Bach); Pussy Galore (from ""Goldfinger"", portrayed by Honor Blackman); Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (from ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", portrayed by Diana Rigg); and often ranked Number 1 on the list, Honey Ryder (from ""Dr. No"","
"as ""The Tears of Allah"". The two take a shower together, and Bond kisses her before heading off to stop Largo. The circumstances of her spearing Largo as he and Bond fight are altered from the original film – it here takes place underwater, with all the characters in scuba gear. The film ends with Bond indicating his intention to retire from MI6 and settle down with Domino. In a poll conducted by Moviefone.com in 2008, Basinger was ranked #3 in the top 10 sexiest Bond girls for her portrayal of Domino. Domino Vitali Dominetta Vitali, known simply as Domino,"
"Corse, Bond mounts an air assault against the clinic and Blofeld. Whilst the clinic is destroyed, Blofeld escapes down a bobsled run and although Bond gives chase Blofeld escapes. Bond flies to Germany where he marries Tracy. The two of them drive off on honeymoon and, a few hours later, Blofeld and Bunt drive past, machine gunning them: Tracy is killed in the attack. ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" contains what the author of ""continuation"" Bond novels Raymond Benson calls ""major revelations"" about Bond and his character. These start with Bond's showing an emotional side, visiting the grave of ""Casino"
"Giorgi Kvinitadze. In November 2003, d'Abo married Hugh Hudson, the Oscar-nominated British director of ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). In 2007, d'Abo had surgery for a brain haemorrhage from which she recovered. Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (born 27 December 1960) is an English film and television actress, perhaps best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film ""The Living Daylights"". Born in London to Georgian mother Nino Kvinitadze (born 1920), a daughter of Giorgi Kvinitadze, and Anglo-Dutch father Peter Claude Holland d'Abo (1917–1995), d'Abo was raised in Paris and Geneva.</small> She decided to be an actress at"
"film's action sequences, but felt that the film was less impressive than its predecessor ""Casino Royale"". , it is the fourth-highest-grossing ""James Bond"" film, without adjusting for inflation, earning $586 million worldwide, and becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 2008. James Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy, with the captured Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in the boot of his car. After evading pursuers, Bond delivers White to M, who interrogates him regarding his organisation, Quantum. M's bodyguard, Craig Mitchell (Glenn Foster), is a double agent; he attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond chases Mitchell and kills"
"in ""Zulu"" in 1964, he went on to star in ""Anne of the Thousand Days"" (1969) and the classic Australian film ""Wake in Fright"", filmed in 1970 and released the following year. His television roles include Pip in the 1967 television production of ""Great Expectations"" and Antonio in BBC Television's 1972 production of ""The Duchess of Malfi"". Bond also had cameos in ""Z-Cars"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Main Chance"", ""Hart to Hart"" and ""Bergerac"". Bond was the partner of actor Jeremy Brett from 1969 to 1976. From 1979 he lived with American artist and illustrator E.J. Taylor, first in Barnes and"
"kill him, once attempting to shoot him down while in his Sea Harrier during a training exercise. Later, when Bond goes on holiday in Italy, another attempt is made on his life. Bond escapes and, presumably, ends up taking the life of his then-current girlfriend, Beatrice Maria da Ricci. Returning from holiday Bond boards HMS ""Invincible"" and is tasked with security for the secret summit referred to as the ""Stewards' Meeting"" all the while a massive war game is being carried out between American, British, and Soviet Navies known as ""Landsea '89"". Before long Bond is at the centre of"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100. Alpert would later contribute a trumpet solo to the title song of the ""unofficial"" 1983 James Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"" (which was sung by Alpert's wife, Lani Hall). The film features the song ""The Look of Love"" performed by Dusty Springfield. It is played in the scene of Vesper Lynd recruiting Evelyn Tremble, seen through a man-size aquarium in a seductive walk. ""The Look of Love"" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. The song was a Top 10 radio hit at the KGB and KHJ radio stations. It was heard again in"
"also rescuing Tracy from Blofeld's captivity. The facility is destroyed, and Blofeld escapes the destruction alone in a bobsleigh, with Bond pursuing him. The chase ends when Blofeld becomes snared in a tree branch and injures his neck. Bond and Tracy marry in Portugal, then drive away in Bond's Aston Martin. When Bond pulls over to the roadside to remove flowers from the car, Blofeld (wearing a neck brace) and Bunt commit a drive-by shooting of the couple's car; Tracy is killed in the attack. The Angels of Death are twelve beautiful women from all over the world being brainwashed"